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What are they? I'm not asking about the biggest hits or songs that most typify the surf sound, but your personal faves- the songs that always make your hair stand on end, inspire you and make you tell everyone else in the room to shut up for a minute.

In no particular order (and with my fave version), I offer:
1- Camel Walk (Parts 1 & 2) - The Saxons
2- Sunset Beach - The Surf Piranahs
3- Dreams - The Surf Coasters
4- Rell Sun Aloha - Slacktone
5- The Breeze and I - The Vibrants
6- A Run for Life - Dick Dale
7- Quiet Surf - Richie Allen and the Pacific Surfers
8- Surf Party - The Astronauts
9- Solaris Stomp - The Space Cossacks
10- The Cruel Sea - The Ventures (Live in Japan version)

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Surf Rider - Lively Ones
Walkin' the Board - Lively Ones
Doheny Dawn - The Volcanos!
Endless Dream - The Dynotones
Tiger Shark - Insect Surfers
Praia Verde - The Sidemen
Mysterioso - Slacktone
Contact - The Tormentos
Surfing The Light - The Concaves
Venetian Silhouettes - Aqua Velvets

The Ghastly Stomp - Ghastly Ones
Hollywood Nocturne - Ghastly Ones
Exolumina - Space Cossacks
Apes of Wrath - Space Cossacks
Burning Mirage - The Madeira
Rogue Wave - The Madeira
Scarlett Fever - The 'Verb
Peter Lorre - Satan's Pilgrims
Chrome Czars - Reluctant Aquanauts
Codename: Gypsy - The Penetrators

I don't know if this is cheating or not because some of these are actually more than one song, but these are my all time favorite specific recordings.

Pull of the Moon - The Mermen - At the Haunted House
Into the West / Be My Noir - The Mermen - At the Haunted House
Emmylou Rides Clarence West and then South - The Mermen - Gnarly Reef KFJC comp
Anabelle Lee / Red Asphault - Pollo Del Mar - Year of the Rooster
A Flash of Green - Pollo Del Mar - This one's never been released, but it's the version they played in the KFJC pit in December 2004
Sandstorm - The Madeira - Sandstorm
Moroccan Adventures - The Space Cossacks - Best of...
Intruder - The Surf Coasters - Curl Rider KFJC comp
Punta Baja - The Eliminators - Totally Tubular KFJC comp (from their Woodies on the Wharf performance)
Siboney - Johnny Fortune - Rare Surf Vol. 3

In the order they come to me:

Pipeline - The Chantays (no, I'm not kidding)
Opening The Watergate - The Infrareds
Camp Blood - Gein and The Graverobbers
Fasten Seatbelts - The Razorblades
XKE - The Boss Martians
The Cruel Sea as performed by The Revelairs
Walk, Don't Run as performed by The Ventures
Nightrider - Dick Dale
Landlocked - The Squares
Last of The V-8 Interceptors - The Penetrators

This list is subject to change depending on what I'm listening to at the moment.

Oh, and Tsunami Surprise - The Space Cossacks. Yeah, I know that's 11.

The Mystery Men?
El Capitan and The Reluctant Sadists
SSS Agent #31

In no particular order...

"Pipeline" (The Chantays)
"Riptide" (Chevell)
"Inertia!" (The Hustlers)
"Sandstorm" (The Madeira)
"Riverside Run" (The Volcanos)
"Wipe Out" (The Surfaris)
"Miserlou" (Dick Dale & The Del-Tones)
"Surf Rat" (The Rumblers)
"Bangalore" (The Blazers)
"Surf Rider" (The Lively Ones)

Matt

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Random order save for #1:
Miserlou..DD
Surf Rider..The Lively Ones
Mr Moto...The Belairs
Squad Car..Eddie And The Showmen
Latinia..The Sentinals
Pipeline..The Chantays
Baja..The Astronauts
The Wedge...DD
Moon Dawg...The Beach Boys
Depth Charge...Jon And The Nightriders

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Miserlou

Ooohps,

All 1st Wave

Miserlou Dick Dale
The Jester Jim Messina and the Jesters
Mr. Moto The Belairs
Rik a Tic The Lively Ones
Movin' Eddie and the ShowmenBaja
Baja The Astronauts
Chiflado The Belairs
Latinia The Sentinals
K-39 The Challengeers
Yellow Jacket The Knights
Diamond Head The ventures

Lands End - Laika & The Cosmonauts
Jewel of Duende - Space cossacks
surf party - Astronauts
Tantrum - Laika & the Cosmonauts
Last Ride - Bambi Molesters
They Call the wind maria - Pj & artie
The Godfather - Satan's pilgrims
Telstar - The ventures
'57 fury - the Nebulas
Guitar Tango - The Shadows

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todays top ten:

pipeline - the chantays
solaris stomp - the space cossacks
fathomless - the fathoms
walk don't run - the ventures
baja - the duotones (electric version)
moving target - jon and the nightriders
point conception - the eliminators
wataridori - the surf coasters
surf rider - the lively ones
coolangatta - the insect surfers

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Pipeline - The Chantays
Wayward Nile - The Chantays
The Wedge/ A Run For Life - Dick Dale
Miserlou Twist/ Miserlou- Dick Dale
Cruel Sea - The Challengers
Walk, Don't Run - Billy Strange
Latin'ia - The Sentinals
Theme From Endless Summer - The Sandals
Mr. Moto - The Belairs
Vaquero- The Tornadoes

tough one, give me a week...

cool lists folks!

Ruhar
Lands End - Laika & The Cosmonauts
Tantrum - Laika & the Cosmonauts

Woo! Laika fan!

Science friction burns my fingers.

  1. Baja (the Astronauts)
  2. Miserlou (Dick Dale)
  3. Earthquake at Surf City (Jon & the Nightriders)
  4. Gear (Dave Meyers)
  5. Samba Estrella (Los Twang Marvels)
    6 Longboard Legato (Slacktone)
  6. Fiesta del Cossacapulco (Space Cossacks)
  7. Mar Gaya (Fender Four)
  8. The Hearse (Al Casey)
  9. Pacifica (Los Straitjackets)

Ten is Tough. I could use 15-20 choices, but these are my current faves.

  1. The Wedge (I believe that this is the same as Run For Life): Dick Dale
  2. Squad Car: Eddie and the Showmen
  3. Timebomb: Avengers VI
  4. Cecelia Ann: Surftones
  5. The Hearse: The Astronauts
  6. El Gato: The Chandelles
  7. Sticky: The Nocturnes
  8. Third Star to the Left: The Nocturnes
  9. Disintegration:The Ready Men
  10. Werewolf: The Frantics

The Exotics 1994-Current
The Chickenshack - www.wmse.org
www.thedoghouseflowers.com
www.uptownsavages.com

These are just off the top o my head but it's probably fairly close...

1) The Victor-Dick Dale
2) Everybody Up-Fender Four
3) Ocean Beach-Mermen
4) Solaris Stomp-Space Cossacks
5) The Jester-Jim Messina & the Jesters
6) Firewater-Astronauts
7) Bells of St Kahuna-Slacktone
Cool Meximelt-Southern Culture on the Skids
9) Tailspin-Eddie Angel (Los Straitjackets)
10) Global Village-Laika & the Cosmonauts

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tonybologna
Woo! Laika fan!

Yeah, easily one of my favorite bands of any genre. Worship

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Ruhar

tonybologna
Woo! Laika fan!

Yeah, easily one of my favorite bands of any genre. Worship

Same here man.

Making a list like this is nearly impossible for me. But I'll give it a shot and list some surf songs I just REALLY enjoy.

Dick Dale - Miserlou
Laika & the Cosmonauts - Global Village
Laika & the Cosmonauts - Aztec Two-Step
Laika & the Cosmonauts - Floating
Bambi Molesters - Hawaii Joe
Bitch Boys - Revenge of the Amor
Space Cossacks - Red Sunrise

Ah, I give up.

Science friction burns my fingers.

Man, this was tough to narrow down. In no particular order (after the first 3) ...

  1. Ventures - Journey to the Stars
  2. Crossfires - Fiberglass Jungle
  3. Dick Dale - Misirlou
  4. Jim Messina & the Jesters - Yang Bu
  5. Surf Coasters - Intruder
  6. Fender IV - Mar Gaya
  7. Vistas - Moon Relay
  8. El Caminos - Big Surf (I like their version way more than the original.)
  9. Satan's Pilgrims - Creature Feature
  10. Pollo Del Mar - A Flash of Green

-Warren

That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it.

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